Syracuse, NY -- Eight months after their encampment ended, about 40 Occupy Syracuse supporters held a reunion of sorts this afternoon on the one-year anniversary of the protest movement’s birth.

A year ago today, the first Occupy Wall Street protests began in New York City. Syracuse's anniversary protest was much calmer than one in New York City, where more than 150 people were arrested Monday, according to news accounts.

The Syracuse protesters met in Perseverance Park, the location of their former encampment, and marched through downtown using the “human bullhorn” to amplify chants of protest. A few went into the lobby of City Hall, but left peacefully when police arrived. The day ended with a discussion on how to move the community to take action.

The march followed a planned picket at noon in front of City Hall over workplace issues. Only one person, Maria Face, showed up. "We want to see jobs come back to Syracuse," she said.

The Occupy protests, which popularized “the 99 percent,” have largely evolved beyond the visible tent communities that cropped up across the nation a year ago.

“There’s no intention to reoccupy the camp. We’ve moved on,” said Zach Ott, who slept at the encampment until it disbanded last winter.

“It brought a lot of people together who were passionate about a lot of different issues,” Ott said.

Those people, he said, are now working on various causes beyond Occupy. Ott spent his summer doing door-to-door canvassing for the New York Public Interest Research Group, which is fighting against hydrofracking.

Face, who helped organize the Occupy encampment last October, is pushing for a community garden downtown to provide fresh produce to poor families. She wants it to go in Perseverance Park, the site of the Occupy encampment.

Ann Tiffany, of the Syracuse Peace Council, held a sign protesting the war in Afghanistan. And Howie Hawkins handed out brochures with the Green Party’s platform.

The umbrella cause of Occupy — economic inequality blamed on corporate greed — is still what binds them, protesters said.

“Nothing’s changed since last year,” said supporter Gary Bonaparte, of Syracuse. But the movement itself is much less visible, with the encampment gone and supporters moving on to different groups.

“We’re trying to start up some local stuff,” said Katie Barrett, of Syracuse. “A lot of people have gone back to their own groups or to new groups.”